Celebrity Cruises Quilt Sereis Number 15

for Captain Michael D. Karatzas

presented to him on board the M/V Horizon

June 21, 1998.

Design Features:

The Master's name embroidered at the top of the quilt, with the year he

became a Master (1997) embroidered underneath. His first command as

Master was the Horizon, which is shown at twice scale below his name

and year of promotion.

Within the enlarged Celebrity Cruises Chi Logo are the Amerikanis on the

left and the Zenith on the right. Below these are the Century on the left and

the Galaxy on the right. Other ships embroidered on this quilt (but not shown

in the photograph are the Mercury, Meridian, Victoria and The Azur. Captain

Karatzas's favorite ship, the Britannis, is featured at the bottom of the quilt in

double scale, with the names of his wife and two daughters embroidered

at the very bottom.

While all of the ships are appliqued onto this quilt, several still need to have their

funnels and masts embroidered on. A better photograph will be taken in the

summer of 1999 when this work is completed. For the time being, Captain

Karatzas was very happy with his quilt, and kept it for use even though some

of the work was unfinished!